Teachers: Join the Discussion!
Join the new T+ Network Forum to share your perspectives on key policy issues.
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Forum host: Rick HessScholar, author, and popular Education Week blogger |
In January 2011, the Boston T+ Network welcomed Frederick M. Hess, a scholar and blogger for Education Week, for a frank discussion about reimagining the teaching profession. Read about the network event on Rick’s blog.
To continue this important discussion, Rick is asking teachers to offer their insights on the critical issue of teacher compensation. Join the T+ Network Forum to share your views: Answer a poll question and participate in an online discussion about how best to reform teacher compensation.
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Forum Poll and Discussion: Reinventing Teacher Pay
Issue Background
Step-and-lane teacher pay scales for teachers were first implemented in the 1920s, as a way to combat widespread gender discrimination. Now, across the country, districts and unions have been working together to reinvent compensation systems with innovative new ways to reflect teachers’ skills and learning as professionals. Under the current system in most districts, teachers earn pay increases through automatic annual increases based on years of teaching and units of graduate study. In an increasing number of districts – in addition to automatic cost of living increases – teachers can earn pay increases based on factors such as improving student achievement, earning successful professional evaluations, contributing to school-wide improvement, working in the most academically challenged schools, and advancing their skills and knowledge.
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Learn More
Read about other cities that have agreed on salary reforms.
- Read about Baltimore Public Schools' new system in Education Week: “On Second Try, Baltimore Teachers Ratify Contract”
- Read about Pittsburgh Public Schools' system in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Pittsburgh board, teachers OK pact: Five-year contract introduces concept of performance pay incentives”
- In Education Week (subscriber login required): “Districts Try Out Revamped Teacher-Pay Systems”
- Read Stephen Sawchuck’s blog, Teacher Beat: “Paying for Master’s Degrees: Are there alternatives?”
- Read Rick Hess’ blog, Rick Hess Straight Up: “Missing the Point: Tomorrow’s Big Merit Pay Study Will Tell Us…Nothing”
- Read about Denver’s “ProComp” system here.
- Read about Eagle County, Colorado's compensation system here.
The Boston T+ Network kicked off in the fall of 2009 and has since hosted many live events, engaging over 500 urban public school teachers from the Greater Boston area in discussion about current and relevant education policy issues. Teach Plus now offers two ways to provide feedback to policymakers: live events and our new online forum.
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